Google Instant

[bak00777]

I just went to google and omg its so cool now. instead of pressing search, it searches while you tipe in the querry. i hope this is the new standard google, because its awesome.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Yes, Google is awesome and knows all. Praise be to Google.

 

[Firoth]

Didn't someone make a thread about this like 20minutes an hour ago? It's only about 6 spaces below this one.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

What the devil are you on about? If I understand you correctly, it's done that for ages.

 

[bak00777]

hey i used the search bar on the forum, nothing on first page said anything about it so i made this thread. And you must not be understand me correctly because just yesterday it was different. go to google right now and see for yourself.

http://www.google.com/instant/#utm_campaign=launch&utm_medium=et&utm_source=rpp

 

[Bloodstain]

What the devil are you on about? If I understand you correctly, it's done that for ages.

Pretty much this. I see no difference.

By the way, you can set in the preferences whether Google begins searching the very moment you start typing or whether it shows your latest queries.

 

[viranimus]

ugh...


Really... hitting enter was too difficult for people?

Yes, this is exactly what the internet needs.

Howabout instead of adding on some useless trinket to make people even lazier, why not figure out a way for google and search engines in general to stop listing results for pages that havent existed in years?

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Yeah it annoys me...

I prefer old Google.

 

[bak00777]

no its not finishing my searches, like the most popular searches, it is filtering as i type.

 

[theComposer]

Yes, Google is awesome and knows all. Praise be to Google.

Amen.

What the devil are you on about? If I understand you correctly, it's done that for ages.

Pretty much this. I see no difference.

By the way, you can set in the preferences whether Google begins searching the very moment you start typing or whether it shows your latest queries.

Go to www.google.com/instant and click on "Try this". This is definitely a new feature that Google just launched today.

 

[CrashBang]

What the devil are you on about? If I understand you correctly, it's done that for ages.

Yeah, hasn't this been a feature on Google for... months? In fact I can't remember a time when it didn't have this feature. How is this news?

 

[teisjm]

If it doesn't work, it's due to your browser, when i try to follow the link, it says that google instant is not avalible for my browser (dunno what i'm using, i'm at work) and that i should update my browser.

 

[bak00777]

no this is a brand new feature. if you don't believe me, google search google instant, all of the links are labeled sept 8th, this just came out today.

 

[bak00777]

it said that it will be available to everyone soon.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Go to www.google.com/instant and click on "Try this". This is definitely a new feature that Google just launched today.

I see no difference at all.

 

[Bloodstain]

What the devil are you on about? If I understand you correctly, it's done that for ages.

Pretty much this. I see no difference.

By the way, you can set in the preferences whether Google begins searching the very moment you start typing or whether it shows your latest queries.

Go to www.google.com/instant and click on "Try this". This is definitely a new feature that Google just launched today.

Google Instant is starting to roll-out to users on Google domains in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Russia who use the following browsers: Chrome v5/6, Firefox v3, Safari v5 for Mac and Internet Explorer v8.

I'm fron germany, but I use Opera. That explains it. Wait, let me try it with Firefox...

A-hah!
But I find it too distracting. I don't like it. :/

 

[Hawknight]

Admittedly a cool little idea, but having random lists of pages pop up as I type things can get a bit obnoxious

 

[bak00777]

you can turn it off, if you dont like it.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Is this it?

If not, can someone explain this properly?

 

[Nincompoop]

Yes, noticed it today. Totally awesome.

For those who think this has been for some time, you might be confused with the auto-fill thingy. It's that, just more awesome.

What we're talking about is whilst you are searching, say; "why is there" you'll see "fuzz on a tennis ball" 'added' to the search, and if you look down, google has already searched for "why is there fuzz on a tennis ball", and if you continue, e.g. "why is there an" it will close the results, and continue to guess, which would be "an estate tax" and show the according results.

So, instead of just auto-filling your query, and giving you the option to search for that particular suggestion, you actually see the results of the proposed searches in real time.